Chapter 5: Awakening

Catie's POV

I awoke in a really comfortable bed with a bunch of creeps hanging over me. I screamed and wacked one of them in the face and she staggered backward in pain.

"Ow! That hurt you little-" She started. A girl with red hair stopped her from finishing.

"Musa! Control yourself, she didn't mean to. She's just scared." Said the red hair girl.

"You're right, Bloom." Said Musa. Ok I now a few names. The girl with the tan skin and brown eyes is Flora. The cover girl model with the blonde hair is Stella. The girl with the black pig tails is Musa. Finally, the red head with blue eyes is Bloom.

"Do you know where you are?"Asked another woman with short pinkish purplish hair asked me.

I shook my head as she studied me. I felt really awkward and was about to tell her to back off when the last woman with dark skin and dark hair told her to quit it.

"You're scaring her Tecna!" She said. Tecna looked disappointed.

"Sorry. Layla could you get Roxy for me?" She asked the dark skin girl.

Layla left the room and it was quiet for a couple of minutes until Layla came back with a girl apparently named Roxy.

"Could you try talking to her?" Asked Tecna.

"Why me?" Asked Roxy. I felt a little offended by that remark, but decided to let it slide.

"Because, you're closer to her age. That's why." Tecna stated firmly.

"Fine." Said Roxy as she sat by my bed.

"Ok, can you tell me your name?" She asked in a sweet yet cautious tone.

"Catie." I croaked.

"Ok Catie, do you remember what happened?" She continued on.

"Aeropostale blew up." I said wearily.

"Fascinating!" Exclaimed Tecna.

I stared at her for a moment angrily then threw the covers over my head.

"Tecna!" I heard most of them yell.

"She's not a science experiment Tec." I heard Stella say.

"Sorry." Tecna said blankly.

"Please come out." Pleaded Roxy.

I stuck my head out for a second and saw Tecna jotting stuff down.

"I'll only whisper." I said.

The girls all looked scared and the room blew up. All the girls screamed and I was blown off of my bed. I opened my eyes and saw that some of the girls like: Bloom, Layla, and Stella had their shields up. The rest were scattered. I saw two teen twins jump into the room.

"Where is the phoenix keeper?" Demanded the girl.

"Oh no! It's Eric and Erin!" Yelled Layla.

"Sorry to burst your bubble!" Yelled Eric as a black power thing came out of his hands and grabbed Layla, Bloom, and Stella.

"Ahhh!" They screamed in unison. Erin was laughing insanely. I was so furious that this could happen twice in one day. At least I thought it was still Saturday.

"Put them down!" I yelled staggering to my feet.

"There you are." Said Eric calmly.

"Take this bird girl!" Yelled Erin as darkness flew out of her hand. I jumped out of the way and it disintegrated the bed behind me.

"You take this!" I yelled as I shot gold out of my hand. The gold instead of flying at Erin, rose into the air. It kept rising until it took the form of a phoenix bird. It cacawed in anger and flew at Erin and Eric. Eric dropped Stella, Layla, and Bloom.

"Ahhh!" They screamed as they flew out of the gaping hole in the wall.

"Here, this is for you!" Eric said before Erin teleported them away.

I picked up the note and read, "We have Maddie. If you want to see her again, come to the cave that sees no light." I dropped the note and fell to the ground in sorrow.